Telegram-herald., 1887-09-16
SOLIMAN A RES0RTER.
ANOTHER DISCOURSE on Hay fevsa.
HE xisfts shs Ola Chareh sad ths isdt@a
Barsin SFoasd a. BaFoor SPr1nEs-
AS Everlasting ls4rrei-& sesAs
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been learning IL / have had interviews
with about seyeDiy-fve or eighty victims
during the past week aud l have found
that some views had entertained we're
erroneous. FoI instance. Ny idea thai
hay fever mostly attacked males Il fui
habits 2no UnblSmished populations. y no
were e00d-ustlFeG and had sermil-
ion -coiored muslaches and Who
furthermore were once holders and great
admirers Of the female portion Of the con-
munitY. had 10 De abandoned On lnyessl-
cation | found that al kinds Of persons
have II. Republicans. Dsmbcrats. males
snc females, farmers. editors, doctors, law
yers. merchants. teachers, gamblers snd al.
As % age, there are parties here only 10
years old woo have Il, and Others - years
Of age. As q iocslity, ! iSd they come
from ali over the United Sisfes, even iexss
and Florida beiag represented
Much has been said as to'the cause % hay
fever. Many theories have been advanced.
but one seems 10 be nearly general. That
is. that notwithstanding the fact that al
kinds of dust nearly sil Kinds
OF perfumes. taxing a sudden cold. etc,
will cause attacks, The thing that gets
right down % business and keeps its grip
without let-up IS rsg-weed. Get where
rag weed is not, and you are comparatively
happy, but where il is life becomes burden
and earth hades. When left home bad
not had good square breath In a week,
but when | arrived at Leroy ! began 10
breathe. All along ] could see lots of rag
weed until / left Cadillsc, but not a spear
have | SEEN since. Ii seems funny To see
all the old familiar weeds. srch a. thistles
pig-weeds plantAins, etc. growing here on
vacant lots and neglected cofners, and not
T.. ha oil q
them.
The strangest thing about Petoskey air is
that although the best air in the world for
hay-fever, it is nearly the worst for catarrh
Many people leave here for other parts OF
the country 10 cure catarrh, when they re-
side here the year around. The Southern
ers are mostly leaving this week, IS the
weed has gone TO seed South. by this time.
Thousands have hay-fever without know
ing il until it gets 20 its worst forms. They
call It bad cold or catarrh. The cbances
are that they will doctor themselves with
some vaunted "cstarrh cure" and the
chances are twenty to one that il will make
| them worse. All kinds of snufis, douches.
etc. are positive injury inslead OF bene-
| fit, az / find by experience and the tesii-
mony OF Others.
| We do not spend all our time up here
| blowing our noses. We do regeral other
| things. We go over 10 the Point and
| Harhor Springs and we play checkers and
pedro and draw poker and we listen TO q
| few choice yarns BY Henderson the Lord
| High Story Teller OF the Realm Did you
| ever hear his while owl story? You
| ought to. We took in Bay View Sunday
| liked the hundreds of beautiful cottages
very much. There were over two hundred
| Methodist ministers In the place. We saw
one neat cottage with pretty woman IN
sight inside at big white bull dog on the
| front porch. MI friend TGttle remarked
That is the best arrangement / have
| seen"
At Harbor Springs we saw the old church
that so much mas been said about. don
know how old il is, but several hundred
years | suppose 1t has been repaired 8
great many times. Ny friend, Lyman II
Pratt, of Greenville, remarked that tbs
church put him in mind Of cider barre
his folks had. He said: we havo had
that barrel in our family ever since we lefl
Scotland in the year 1868, and il is nearly
as good as new now"
The dickensl" said !, do you clam
barrel can be made to last as long as THAR
Certainly do. i will tell you how j
was. Every few years we have had new
heads put in it. Then occasionally new
slaves here and there and once in 8
1 NUllc we UfOfe On DtN lDVNcs hIu tDh
way we kept Il good Yes, that NAV be,
said ], but then i. is not the same barrel
Il has all been made over new. you see.
NO. Soliman, not al. The same old buns
hole is left yet"
We went out into the graveyard to weey
DER the grave of poor LO. There Is NOR
poor Los" buried here on balf an acr,
than you will ind in ell of Coopers novels
Mrs J. b. Chsmberlin, Of Detroit, sskes
me If there was any danger. ! told be
no" aud assured her upon the authorit,
of Mark Twain that dead Indians were thl
safest Indian tribes yet discovered.
We went and gazed upon the grsv'
Of the noted chief, BIZ ssgim,
KiuiDo. never knew the gentle
man while alive and know D0thin,
about his reputation, bat has got the mos
"snifty grave stone ia the ysrG. The stonl
IS constructed from wood. IN the form Of
cross. With a box at the junction OF thi
arms in which stands statue Of the Virgii
Marie surrounded by paper flowers. In
statue is made from genuine Grand Rapid
plaster. and my friend Ipttle thinks
never cost less than twenty i've cents. al
the graves are fat and as close together q
pckels Ia ben park Ia some places. 3
Is y said. The Indians are buried SIX q
| eight deep. Uncle Collins. = ~. Collins. q
| Washington. said be would ike 20 be her
when the last trump sounds. 5
70 - what 8 bustliag there w0ul
be sm0ng the resurreoted brave
+ think some tmes that Uncle John is no
strictly a souna orthodox RE and bi
pleesaDt-fsced wife efe nov on Their ga
| nomewar5 with shout three pecxz Of rock
gathered while heTe. Nay ee meet sgsir
We gathered some buli-rushes 70 tx
home as souvenirs, and tnsn entered IA
: church. We ascsnde1 . pair d s-sirs IKE
corkscTev. 70 a llftle organ lCft 20 iow ia,
? ! had 70 remove nay ping haA when y
got dowB t8oss stssTs We we're 80 fnrne
r srouBa that we coald no' tell or rigi
| hands from our let's. and IGtfie cane pre-
! ty near hooking on 70 mT girl lFou nee
, not send = cggy 81 this - the Corners bs
ve Eof stsi9pteusd out and we're inst q
/ the goinf ol ryiag - sfeal some leaves
! noTers 81 some psrts growing IN %
! caurcb. uhen oar b1st vaisiisd and =
? had - ynf ier tae DOCK.
We foan4 p beanufgi spTire b1bbRr
ont ofthe esrh sn8 . took . DRINK v
wsrs sfie- yards sold ~ = conaaeser q g,
! danny tast &C. spring rss ne end ~ a
! dram irom tie aetr tsiooa % tie corns
81 nav be. tat tsi1k thss e98oUotor ws
/ Gring ass brace
2 F-srv trx5n lrN gess s9uth q iossr
, / ~4-f rsturr.ire rercfters sn1 ! 81 nr,oee
sbs8 soon ee wandering srcsu8 here =
re Esi ~ ~ saeT.
s1Is1r srooKs.
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